hera leads the HISP Consortium, Advancing Health and Social Justice
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hera leads the HISP Consortium, Advancing Health and Social Justice

We are delighted to announce that hera, in steadfast commitment to the values of equity, social justice, and human rights-based development, was recently awarded another four-year contract to lead the consortium for the Knowledge Hub on Health, Socio-Economic Inequalities, and Social Protection (HISP). This follows two similar successful Health Advisory Service contracts that hera implemented between 2014 and 2022.

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Evaluation of the roadmap "demographic dynamics in Africa 2017-2021" (AFD)
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Evaluation of the roadmap "demographic dynamics in Africa 2017-2021" (AFD)

hera was tasked with evaluating the mid-term progress on the Agence Française de Développement’s (AFD) "Demographic Dynamics in Africa" roadmap. The team assessed various departments like education, health, and governance to understand AFD's contributions to public policy and development results. The evaluation provided insights for a future cross-cutting intervention framework and recommendations to improve future efforts. It also offered a valuable self-reflection for AFD, showcasing their achievements, historical integration of demographics, and areas for improvement.

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Switching the Poles
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Switching the Poles

Assessment of a Belgian government-funded program run by the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), which aims to build research and healthcare capacity in developing countries. Evaluators reviewed 24 projects and 10 thematic networks across 18 countries and came forward with findings that will inform future collaborations to improve global health.

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Summative evaluation of the WHO Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) Initiative
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Summative evaluation of the WHO Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) Initiative

In 2012 the government of Canada provided a grant to the WHO Global Malaria Programme (GMP) to support the scale-up of the diagnosis and treatment of children with pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria by Community Health Workers, an approach known as integrated community case management (iCCM). The six-year programme, labeled the Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) initiative, distinguished itself from other internationally funded iCCM programmes by aiming to achieve universal health coverage for all children in hard-to-reach areas within selected geographic boundaries.

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Assessing the Impact: BMGF & DFID's Reproductive Health Programmes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Assessing the Impact: BMGF & DFID's Reproductive Health Programmes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

In an effort to promote reproductive health and accessibility to quality-assured reproductive health commodities in low- and middle-income countries, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the Department for International Development (DFID), now known as the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), rolled out two independent, yet complementary, programmes geared towards ensuring hormonal contraceptives become more readily available, of high quality and affordable.

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